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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 99, Issue 9, Pages 1576-1583Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.156224
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- National Institutes of Health [NCI 1R01 CA124404-01]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Research Centers Program [U48/DP000060]
- Prevention Research Centers Program
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Public health policy has a profound impact on health status. Missing from the literature is a clear articulation of the definition of evidence-based policy and approaches to move the field forward. Policy-relevant evidence includes both quantitative (e.g., epidemiological) and qualitative information (e.g., narrative accounts). We describe 3 key domains of evidence-based policy: (1) process, to understand approaches to enhance the likelihood of policy adoption; (2) content, to identify specific policy elements that are likely to be effective; and (3) outcomes, to document the potential impact of policy. Actions to further evidence-based policy include preparing and communicating data more effectively, using existing analytic tools more effectively, conducting policy surveillance, and tracking outcomes with different types of evidence. (Am J Public Health. 2009;99:1576-1583. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.156224)
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